Reinscriptions of “stateless” socialities in South Africa: some thoughts on “Metropolitan nomads: a journey through Jo’burg’s ‘little Mogadishu’”

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Reinscriptions of “stateless” socialities in South Africa: some thoughts on “Metropolitan nomads: a journey through Jo’burg’s ‘little Mogadishu’”

Published in: Anthropology Southern Africa
Volume 39 , issue 3 , 2016 , pages: 241–244
DOI: 10.1080/23323256.2016.1224057
Author(s): Daniel K. Thompson Department of Anthropology, United States of America
Keywords: Johannesburg , photo essay , Somali migrants , South Africa , transnationalism
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Abstract

In this commentary, Daniel K. Thompson critically assesses Nereida Ripero-Muñiz and Salym Fayad’s photo essay, “Metropolitan Nomads: A Journey through Jo’burg’s ‘Little Mogadishu.’ The essay is published alongside this commentary.
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